Last Updated on November 25, 2013
Released in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, this report from our member Carers UK looks at the profound impact the coronavirus crisis is having on carers' lives. Carers UK’s survey into the experiences of over 5,000 current and former…
The European Public Health Week (EUPHW) aims to raise awareness about important public health themes and connect professionals contributing to public health across Europe. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the European Public Health Week (EUPHW) will focus on 'Joining forces…
Our Belgian member Aidants Proches has recently issued two "cartes blanches" related to the COVID-19 crisis in Belgian press. The authors, Geneviève Aubouy and Amandine Nihoul invite you to read their opinions and share yours if you want to. The…
Young carers are children and young persons under 18 providing significant or substantial care, assistance or support to family members who have a disability, suffer from a chronic illness, mental health problem or any other condition with long-lasting care needs.…
Family Carers Ireland is the national representative organisation for family carers in Ireland. Earlier this year, over 1,200 family carers responded to our first nationwide State of Caring survey, which gathered evidence on what it is like to be a…
Our friend from youngcarers.info has put together a collection of examples of practice and resource ideas to support professionals working with young carers: Practice examples Basingstoke young carers have created a new platform on Instagram to support social interaction for…
In view of the unprecedented global impact of COVID-19 on the health and wellbeing of older people, the WHO Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (WHO GNAFCC) is seeking support to help improve the COVID-19 response to older people…
The Erasmus+ funded “COSMIC” programme is pleased to launch the multilingual Informative Booklets for migrant informal carers. These brochures describe who the caregiver is and help the reader through some short questions to recognize whether he/she’s a caregiver or not.…
Anziani e Non Solo, one of our Italian members, is part of the 'Il pazienze riscoperto' project whose aims is to positively impact on the well-being of caregivers and their family members. The project ‘Il pazienze riscoperto’ officially kicked-off: an…
The AppForDem Erasmus+ project (2019-1-ES01-KA202-065659) is aimed at creating a set of open educational and multilingual resources on dementia, with the purpose of implementing these resources in the national VET programmes for apprentices and professional caregivers in long-term care services…
